I'm using VMware and want to create a virtual machine with Windows XP. For this I want to use the Windows XP-installation of another computer, I don't have the cd, so I want to create a iso/image (or whatever) of this Windows-installation. How can I do this?
Windows – Create iso/image/installation from Windows XP-installation
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Windows is a bit different, see How to migrate existing Windows installations to VirtualBox for a guide.
From memory you can use VMware's converter and VirtualBox will read VMDK files.
For Linux, if you want the easy solution, boot a live CD,
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/path/to/images/sda1.img bs=1024
Do that for every partition mounted in /etc/fstab of your machine, and then setup those images in VirtualBox.
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Best Answer
You only need to use Vmware Converter (http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/) to create an image so you can use it on other Vmware Platforms (vSphere, Workstation,...).
There are a lot of guides on the net about how to use the software. This one may help you:
http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_convert_physical_machines_to_virtual_machines_with_vmware_converter.htm
Regards,